God Sends Mixed Martial Artist on a Mission

Late this summer, UFC fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was arrested and detained for felony reckless driving and hit and run after an exciting chase. His identity was difficult to ascertain at first, but police eventually identified Jackson as the driver when they noticed that he looked just like the guy painted on the outside of the vehicle.

Anyway, Jackson’s Wikipedia entry has testimony from friends and colleagues commenting on his mental instability and depression. Keep that first one in mind when you digest the following. The reason Jackson was driving like a maniac and destroying others’ property while do so was because he was en route to counsel a friend who had lost his faith. Mental instability? I think so!

Jackson, a former UFC champion who is one of the biggest names in one of the fastest-growing sports, said he also felt there was a spiritual war going on in his mind between God and the devil when he raced down Newport Boulevard on July 15, leaving a wake of rumpled cars, frightened pedestrians and angry police.

He said he thought he was on a mission to save a friend â€“ who had recently lost his faith in God â€“ and was unaware that he had hit any other cars or was being pursued by a phalanx of police cars.

“I thought I heard the voice of God telling me to go save Brian,” he said in an interview Thursday after his arraignment on two felony evading arrest charges. “I felt if I didn’t get to Brian, he would die.”

Now, he says, he believes he was irrational because of lack of sleep and nutrition.

It’s interesting that a lack of sleep and malnutrition can cause symptoms of insanity that are strikingly similar to what millions of rested and well-fed people believe every day. Jackson’s lawyer is exploiting his insanity stating that, “The law says you have to have criminal intent. He didn’t have it.” Seriously? A person starves and sleep deprives himself then gets into a vehicle and suddenly is not responsible for his actions because of what his intent wasn’t? What about what his intent actually was? That, to me, is a little more worrisome than his carbohydrate intake. The man believed that the God of Abraham and Satan were battling in his mind over the soul of his friend.

I wish I could say more, but it would just be repeating the same things I’ve thought scores of times, mostly “WTF?!?” People have been masquerading their heinous acts with appeals to religion and insanity (not mutually exclusive) for far too long.

I originally found a blurb about this story at jcnot4me.com, a terribly-designed, hard to navigate, and cluttered website despite its catchy domain.

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4 thoughts on “God Sends Mixed Martial Artist on a Mission”

Is it not true that as much as christianity is considered a crusade the same beliefs set by atheist is nothing more than a crusade? I do not think people should believe in anything without questioning first. My opinion is you have radical christians that come up with some diluted visions of Gods work but no more than the atheist who state there opinions for shock value alone.Who is right who is wrong who the fuck cares until the end , even then we cant share the experience. Science, faith ,white ,black everyone keep there crusades to themselves the world would get along just fine.

“the atheist who state there opinions for shock value alone.” At what point is saying you don’t agree with someones ‘opinion’ shocking? That’s like saying if you said you didn’t like chicken anyone who did like chicken would be shocked. “He is so blinkered how could you not like chicken!” Also, is it not true that radical Christians, rather than having diluted visions of gods work actually believe the cruel, manipulative and malevolent god of the old testament is the one true god? Hardly diluted.

*sigh* This guy is so fucked up, has hurt so many people with his religious actions and he’s going to get off on insanity charges. Our country’s justice system is seriously fucked up. OJ Simpson getting away with murder, MJ getting off innocent with his child rape charges… Something is seriously fucked with this country.